Woman spots Bayonne man performing lewd act in park: cops

A 29-year-old Bayonne man was caught masturbating in broad daylight in a Bayonne Park this week, according to police.

The man, a Bergen Court resident, was seen committing the lewd act behind bushes in Stephen R. Gregg Hudson County Park on Saturday, police said.

A woman said she spotted the man as she was walking along the path in the park, police said. The woman was leaving the park at 46th Street at 2 p.m. when she noticed the man behind the bushes looking in her direction, police said.

The woman took out her cellphone to call the police, at which time the man fled, police said.

Police came across him on West 45th Street and the woman positively identified him, police said, adding that the man was issued a summons for lewdness and released.

The woman told police it was "unlikely" anyone else saw him masturbating because he was hidden behind bushes. Because the man was out of sight of others in the park — including children — and not seen by anyone else, police did not issue him additional summonses.